tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.comments2013-04-01T20:31:33.942-04:00Software SafetyBob Paddockhttps://plus.google.com/111754849724175360668noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-51702618929135756462013-02-04T00:15:13.265-05:002013-02-04T00:15:13.265-05:00That&#39;s the first thing that entered my mind. ...That&#39;s the first thing that entered my mind. A couple of years ago it wouldn&#39;t have been, but now, yes.GoneUpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-57797915734795221192013-02-03T22:22:52.912-05:002013-02-03T22:22:52.912-05:00Sent a note out within a couple of min of it happe...Sent a note out within a couple of min of it happening.. Would make sense. SCADA version of The Sum of All FearsShane Paynternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-51158948087039149412013-01-19T01:48:29.350-05:002013-01-19T01:48:29.350-05:00People with photosensitive epilepsy make up a very...People with photosensitive epilepsy make up a very small portion of the general public. typically, the triggers must be either a high contrast source (i.e. very bright light in a darkened room), or a flickering light source that occupies a large portion of the visual field. An LED as suggested above does neither. Most computer users are subjected to low level flickering lights from the hard drive access indicator, modem indicators, routers, etc. WWW Consortium recommends no more than 3 flashes per second IF the source is very bright or of high contrast, otherwise exceeding this limit is not contraindicated. Scott Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09415832563675543331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-67049814304088488812012-11-30T08:48:01.120-05:002012-11-30T08:48:01.120-05:00Compliance with the IEC 61508 standard is not a si...Compliance with the IEC 61508 standard is not a single event. When it comes to software safety, it&#39;s not what you do, but how you do it. Sean Ahnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193483313096360309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-88120612996573099732012-11-27T17:30:48.551-05:002012-11-27T17:30:48.551-05:00The owner of Philway is a very greedy man, who I w...The owner of Philway is a very greedy man, who I witnessed and was on the recieving end of firings and layoffs pointed only at how much money he could put in his pocket. It was never about &quot;good managers&quot;. He screwed the best and bought and shut down his compitition, putting those people out of work also.<br />The industry will be much better off without him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-32154621320573689712012-11-19T15:35:16.009-05:002012-11-19T15:35:16.009-05:00The J-Link requires a J-Flasher License to program...The J-Link requires a J-Flasher License to program HEX/Binary files, as this is the normal operation in a manufacturing environment (no source code/project available). Segger has indicated that for many years already.<br /><br />Some people have used a workaround: create a IDE project (Keil or IAR, for example) with the the HEX/binary file as the only file, and use the download function to program it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-21054675014882881822012-10-17T13:34:45.861-04:002012-10-17T13:34:45.861-04:00For regulation to succeed, they must accept gradua...For regulation to succeed, they must accept graduates of similar programs that predate software engineering like computer science and information systems.<br /><br />They are trying this crap in Canada and I have a petition against them.Chris Baehrhttp://www.activism.com/en_CA/petition/professional-engineers-of-ontario-vs-athabasca-university-and-all-online-distance-ed-providers/9616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-37189915239057872872012-10-17T13:32:28.285-04:002012-10-17T13:32:28.285-04:00If they want to regulate our profession, they need...If they want to regulate our profession, they need to accept graduates of computer science and information systems programs too.<br /><br />They cannot exclude professionals already working in the field with credentials that predate &quot;software engineering&quot;. <br /><br />They are trying this in Canada and I have a petition against them.Chris Baehrhttp://www.activism.com/en_CA/petition/professional-engineers-of-ontario-vs-athabasca-university-and-all-online-distance-ed-providers/9616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-87219674560256249352012-09-27T16:19:03.830-04:002012-09-27T16:19:03.830-04:00Dear friends, my name is Andres LUCIANO Guerra Tum...Dear friends, my name is Andres LUCIANO Guerra Tumang am radio amateur PY2FJ here in Brazil, and ja exclusivehosting realisei experiences with these neon bulbs and mercury and got ready when promised as if you an antana fisica and the transmission occurred by having connected bulbs.Do you have any tips that you can pass me to hone my knowledge ...Thank you...My e-mail intelpira@terra.com.br 73.Andres Luciano Guerra Tumang PY2FJhttp://www.bordarte.com.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-26462323231729545462012-09-17T17:19:00.117-04:002012-09-17T17:19:00.117-04:00My personal opinion is that it is all about money....My personal opinion is that it is all about money. Regulations do not make us safer.Keith P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-85460297904220945932012-07-30T06:12:05.042-04:002012-07-30T06:12:05.042-04:00Atmel is talking about doing the same thing for th...Atmel is talking about doing the same thing for the AVR too.Bob Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618766323977387437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-84498271311701714072012-07-29T22:07:08.648-04:002012-07-29T22:07:08.648-04:00Just another attempt for government to throw up mo...Just another attempt for government to throw up more roadblocks to private industry &amp; innovation. A lawsuit will follow if every engineer doing anything remotely engineering related *in a big company* **isn&#39;t** required to take the same exam.<br /><br />The logic doesn&#39;t suddenly &quot;not apply&quot; to an engineer at Boeing designing flight control systems.<br /><br />Also, did you hear about those turds at ARM who are tying to promote an &quot;ARM certified engineer&quot; program, kind of like Microsoft&#39;s MSCE?<br /><br />This job is becoming a lot less fun.Mark P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-48029629418426507122012-07-29T10:25:28.078-04:002012-07-29T10:25:28.078-04:00First a disclaimer: you need to consult an attorne...First a disclaimer: you need to consult an attorney who practices in the area of professional licensure for a definitive opinion. But my understanding is that you need to be licensed in the state where you will try to sell or deploy your wares, or where you advertise your services as an engineer. However, if you are licensed in one state, there are mechanisms by which you can temporarily be licensed in another state or recognized through comity. You would want to consult this site for more information. http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/Resources/LicComity/index.html. But one thing I know for certain -- you will not have to take the Principles and Practices of Software Engineering exam twice if you have passed it.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16218049651921183107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-40410790751500854122012-07-29T09:28:17.468-04:002012-07-29T09:28:17.468-04:00What state do you take the test in for your
applic...What state do you take the test in for your<br />application, if you design in one state and deploy the application in a different state?Bob Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618766323977387437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-65763460523734335012012-06-06T11:22:07.635-04:002012-06-06T11:22:07.635-04:00Software Safety classes in the US are offerred at ...Software Safety classes in the US are offerred at MIT on occassion from Dr Leveson&#39;s STAMP-view (organizational drivers included), at U of Maryland for reliability-centric point of view, and at University of Southern California (USC) twice a yer from a Systems Safety Engineering view using the Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEHdbk)(both FAA and Military centric). Bastion offers an on-call class and is writing an Army handbook right now that will be their basis-of-course. Instructors at USC and Bastion worked on both versions of the Joint Handbook.<br />(Interesting how you&#39;ve configured your &quot;comment as&quot; insert, cyber issue?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-74622374942866922362012-03-26T08:36:53.161-04:002012-03-26T08:36:53.161-04:00Interesting perspective. I linked your blog to a ...Interesting perspective. I linked your blog to a LinkedIn Group that was created for the North Central PA Workforce Investment Board. This week, there is a summit planned to &quot;Connect Business and Industry with Education&quot; and it is likely we will be talking about these same topics. I guess we will be the &quot;establishment&quot;, but as an individual of the &quot;STEM&quot; community myself, I share some of your same concerns. Keep up the good work!<br /><br />Kalen Fitch<br />Engineering Manager <br />www.pcsridgway.comKalen Fitchhttp://www.pcsridgway.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-20337792954562368602012-03-04T09:53:59.234-05:002012-03-04T09:53:59.234-05:00Thank you for that update, it lead me to the follo...Thank you for that update, it lead me to the following:<br /><br />Google Books Preview:<br />http://books.google.com/books?id=TWUSjAa7b0wC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false<br /><br />Home page and Table of Contents for the book:<br /><br />http://www.artechhouse.com/Plasma-Antennas/b/2130.aspx<br />http://www.artechhouse.com/static/toc/Anderson_TOC.pdf<br /><br />Dr. Ted&#39;s sites:<br />http://www.ionizedgasantennas.com/<br /><br /><br />http://drtedanderson.com/Home.htmlBob Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618766323977387437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-37626261529283743592012-03-03T17:39:24.346-05:002012-03-03T17:39:24.346-05:00Hmmm. Dr. Anderson seems to have popped BACK into ...Hmmm. Dr. Anderson seems to have popped BACK into this world. I easily spotted this email address for him:<br />AnderDrTed@aol.com<br />when I did a brief Google search for him. He has a book on the subject out that is being sold by Amazon. It is &quot;Plasma Antennas&quot; by Theodore Anderson. Copyright 2011 and printed by ArTech House. ISBN-13: 987-60807-143-2<br /><br />I hope that gets you back in touch with him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-91100790273074685392012-02-22T23:08:02.170-05:002012-02-22T23:08:02.170-05:00I&#39;m going to comment on this docket, and sugge...I&#39;m going to comment on this docket, and suggest that a &quot;guideline&quot; be added that suggests (not requires) entertainment audio (CD, radio, music) be muted for 2 minutes after engine start and ANY time the transmission is in reverse. Purpose, of course, is to enable the driver to hear such things as &quot;DON&#39;T RUN OVER THE BABY!&quot;tpobrienjrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14372961857979761915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-88517880768000766972012-02-18T04:57:57.787-05:002012-02-18T04:57:57.787-05:00Hi,
I just came across your blog post. I am a mem...Hi,<br /><br />I just came across your blog post. I am a member of the mbeddr project. I will try to answer some of your questions. <br /><br />Regarding adding directives, it should be very easy. This is exactly the benefit of this approach. The whole language is extensible. Extensions do not require us to change anything in the language. You can build extensions yourself<br /><br />Regarding volatile: It should. We don&#39;t do any magic to the C code written by a user. It is possible to write normal C code (with a few very minor changes which are on the syntax level) <br /><br />Regarding open source: The basic C is (and will be) open source. You can have a look at GitHub where we recently moved this part of the project (a blog post about this will follow soon) The parts which might not be open source (and this just means that it is not decided yet) are some specific extensions or generators for those extensions (an example might be the AUTOSAR generator for components).<br /><br />Regarding will it fit into your code: Again, we don&#39;t do any magic. We generate plain C code. As long as you are not using the abstractions (such as Statemachines or components) the code we generate is exactly what you&#39;ve written. If you are using the extensions by default you&#39;ll use our generators. However if you don&#39;t like what we generate you can always write your own generator and run that one instead of ours. So the whole thing is really a layered approach. You have basic C. You use existing extensions and the &quot;default&quot; generators. You can use existing extensions and custom generators. Or you can build your own extensions and generators. One more important thing here is that if you want to prevent your users form using certain concepts that we build in (even in the very core of the language) you can do so. An example might be preventing users from dynamically allocating memory.<br /><br />Regarding I&#39;m scared: You shouldn&#39;t :-) This project is designed for programmers. The whole idea is to make you more productive and at the same time allow to assist you while programming (see formal verifications)<br /><br />I hope this helps. Currently we are looking for people who want to play around with it and give some early feedback. If you are interested, just drop me a mail.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />BerndBernd Kolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16806798415734087517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-86020163490123965692012-02-06T14:13:21.776-05:002012-02-06T14:13:21.776-05:00I&#39;ve heard this book is a train wreck.
But I ...I&#39;ve heard this book is a train wreck.<br /><br />But I didn&#39;t know about all the Elsevier / ebook problems. Man, it just gets worse &amp; worse.<br /><br />TIL (Today I Learned) about Hylands&#39; cbuf.h implementation - will definitely check it out.Casonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-34388423868846981152012-01-15T18:32:51.749-05:002012-01-15T18:32:51.749-05:00Sorry to hear that Wayne.
More on the NASA Cold F...Sorry to hear that Wayne.<br /><br />More on the NASA Cold Fusion issue may be found here:<br /><br />http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2012/LENRGoldRushBegins-atNASA.shtml via http://www.keelynet.com .Bob Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618766323977387437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-44574526566764111152012-01-15T16:53:31.518-05:002012-01-15T16:53:31.518-05:00When my health news was objected to by advertisers...When my health news was objected to by advertisers, I was no longer welcome on Coast to Coast AM (after 24 shows), so my book sales dried up. The books in my catalog are no longer available. See waynegreen.comWayne Greenhttp://waynegreen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-25861834117665956392012-01-14T15:07:54.784-05:002012-01-14T15:07:54.784-05:00Nothing wrong with the Eclipse Public License to m...Nothing wrong with the Eclipse Public License to my knowledge.<br /><br />IDE&#39;s were originally meant to be tools to speed development.<br /><br />Alas, in many cases, they have become crutches, substitute for understanding. If someone does not know how to program without an IDE, then they don&#39;t know how to program, and should not be programming. That was the point I was trying to make in my &quot;I&#39;m Scared&quot; blog. I&#39;m scared that we are ending up with people that point and click and think they are programming. What kind of quality are we going to end up with? What kind of bloated hardware will be required to run such programs?<br /><br />I will post any progress I make with MBEDDR.Bob Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618766323977387437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990432187813360269.post-78668761902459866022012-01-14T14:16:03.926-05:002012-01-14T14:16:03.926-05:00I haven&#39;t looked at the MBEDDR Project yet but...I haven&#39;t looked at the MBEDDR Project yet but how does using the Eclipse license make it bad?<br />I hope you find time to evaluate this concept and give feedback to the embedded community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com